Basic Instructions by Scott Meyer

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  1. iamtxmilady

    iamtxmilady said, 3 months ago

    Haven’t read the books;won’t go see the movies for the same reason Scott says they’re wrong.

  2. Hugh B. Hayve

    Hugh B. Hayve said, 3 months ago

    I’ve never read this “Twilight” thing they’re talking about. My favorite werewolf story was “The Wolf Hour” by Robert McCammon, those werewolves changed at will and weren’t afraid of a full moon. That book would have made a great movie.

  3. ds133

    ds133Genius_badge said, 3 months ago

    Love this one, it is so true. Spent two hours when the movie first came out trying to explain to my niece why the ‘vampires’ in the Twilight series were so ridiculous. Especially the sparkling in the sunlight part.

  4. pibfan868

    pibfan868Genius_badge said, 3 months ago

    I found the movie to be a pretty incoherent mess–and there are just too many great authors otherwise, I’m not going to go there with the books.

  5. Hoomi

    Hoomi said, 3 months ago

    The original “Dracula” by Bram Stoker was one of the first books I ever read that was hard to put down. “Those Who Hunt the Night” by Barbara Hambly was excellent, as was the sequel, “Traveling With the Dead.” There’s certainly no shortage of good vampire stories available, and these three are entertaining choices.

  6. Doriation

    Doriation said, 3 months ago

    THE VAMPIRES SPARKLE IN THE SUNLIGHT??! I knew there was a reason I was avoiding the series other than the complete and instant media obsession with Robert Pattinson.

  7. Kathleen Pearlman

    Kathleen PearlmanGenius_badge said, 3 months ago

    I read the books that Tru Blood is based on - at least her vampires are more “true - to- life”, if such a thing can be said about vampires… Charlaine Harris is the author, FYI.

  8. Hoomi

    Hoomi said, 3 months ago

    Yeah, in “Twilight” the vampires sparkle in the sunlight, which is why they avoid being out in the daytime, because the sparkling would give them away.

  9. DocNuke

    DocNuke said, 3 months ago

    Best Basic Instructions ever!

  10. Jo Jo

    Jo Jo said, 3 months ago

    I concur. There’s no vampires in baseball!

  11. kschobert

    kschobert said, 3 months ago

    HA! I just had that same conversation last week and finished by informing my daughter that the next book on her list would be Dracula,

  12. foxxtrottfann42

    foxxtrottfann42 said, 3 months ago

    I liked Twilight when I first read it. Now I am totally sick of it. I don’t care about vampires very much, sparkly or not… I’d rather read about elves and hobbits anyway.

  13. Wildcard24365

    Wildcard24365 said, 3 months ago

    Like I’ve always said, the only thing funnier than a “Twilight” fan is the backlash against “Twilight” fans.

  14. Doctor Toon

    Doctor ToonGenius_badge said, 3 months ago

    I prefer Anne Rice.

  15. MisngNOLA

    MisngNOLAGenius_badge said, 3 months ago

    Speaking as a daywalker, we do “glisten” in the sunlight. If lucky, we can pass it off as sweat and not be found out. But to quote Ray Charles “the nighttime is the right time”.

  16. Alicia

    Alicia said, 3 months ago

    I prefer the television show “Moonlight” :)

  17. MisngNOLA

    MisngNOLAGenius_badge said, 3 months ago

    Doc, I prefer jasmine rice. Anne Rice is too tough and not very tasty.

  18. Baba Doodlius

    Baba DoodliusGenius_badge said, 3 months ago

    “Leechmen” would have been a better title anyway. Well, as long as they didn’t name one of the characters “Cloris”, because that would just be silly.

  19. Kyler

    Kyler said, 3 months ago

    leeches glisten! lmao